Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)

The Minister has put on record that she is satisfied that five working days is adequate to undertake the necessary examination of patients and the necessary procedure to continue legal involuntary detention in the psychiatric hospital. Has she any comment to make on the fact that this occurred and that the procedure introduced by the Mental Health Commission was not up to the standard required? We are now in a position where we must enact the Bill. While it will hopefully not be necessary by tomorrow, it could well be.

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